List of Royal Air Force schools

This is a list of schools within the Royal Air Force, empire flying training scheme, civilian and service elementary training schemes, as well as gliding schools.

Schools

The Royal Air Force operated many schools to train aircrew in the many and various skills required to operate an air force.

Air Gunners School
  • No. 1 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 2 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 3 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 4 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 5 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 6 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 7 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 8 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 9 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 10 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 11 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 12 Air Gunners School RAF
  • No. 13 Air Gunners School RAF
Air Navigation School
Air Observers School
Air Observers Navigation School
  • No. 1 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 2 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 3 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 4 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 5 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 6 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 7 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 8 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 9 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 10 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
  • No. 11 Air Observers Navigation School RAF
Bombing and Gunnery School
  • No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 24 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF
Civil Air Navigation School
  • No. 1 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 2 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 3 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 4 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 5 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 6 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 7 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 8 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 9 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 10 Civil Air Navigation School RAF
Fighting School
  • No. 1 Fighting School RAF
  • No. 2 Fighting School RAF
  • No. 3 Fighting School RAF
  • No. 4 Fighting School RAF
  • No. 5 Fighting School RAF
Lancaster Finishing School
Middle East Training School
  • No. 1 Middle East Training School RAF
  • No. 2 Middle East Training School RAF
  • No. 3 Middle East Training School RAF
  • No. 4 Middle East Training School RAF
  • No. 5 Middle East Training School RAF
Radio School
Signals School
Technical Training schools
  • No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF
  • No. 2 School of Technical Training RAF
  • No. 3 School of Technical Training RAF
  • No. 4 School of Technical Training RAF
  • No. 5 School of Technical Training RAF
  • No. 11 School of Technical Training RAF
  • No. 16 (Polish) School of Technical Training RAF
Aerial Fighting and Gunnery schools
Navigation and Bomb Dropping schools
  • No. 1 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
  • No. 2 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
  • No. 3 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
  • No. 4 School of Aerial Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
  • No. 1 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
  • No. 2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
  • No. 3 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
  • No. 4 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping RAF
Recruit Training schools
  • No. 1 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 2 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 3 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 4 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 5 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 6 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 7 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 8 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 9 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 10 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 11 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 12 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 13 School of Recruit Training RAF
  • No. 15 School of Recruit Training RAF
Various Schools
  • No. 1 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
  • No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF
  • No. 1 (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 1 (Observers) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
  • No. 1 (Training) Wireless School RAF
  • No. 1 Air Armament School RAF
  • No. 1 Air Electronics School RAF
  • No. 1 Air Gunnery School RAF
  • No. 1 Air Gunnery School (India) RAF
  • No. 1 Air Signallers School RAF
  • No. 1 Basic Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 1 Beam Approach School RAF
  • No. 1 Blind Approach School RAF
  • No. 1 Coastal Defence Training Unit RAF
  • No. 1 Electrical and Wireless School RAF
  • No. 1 General Service Training School RAF
  • No. 1 Grading School RAF
  • No. 1 Ground Defense Gunners School RAF
  • No. 1 Initial Training School RAF
  • No. 1 Marine Observers School RAF
  • No. 1 Observers School RAF
  • No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School RAF
  • No. 1 Parachute and Glider Training School RAF
  • No. 1 Parachute School RAF
  • No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF
  • No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting RAF
  • No. 1 School of Air Navigation RAF
  • No. 1 School of Army Co-operation RAF
  • No. 1 School of General Reconnaissance RAF
  • No. 1 School of Photography RAF
  • No. 1 Torpedo Refresher School RAF
  • No. 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
  • No. 2 Air Armament School RAF
  • No. 2 Air Signallers School RAF
  • No. 2 Aircrew Grading School RAF
  • No. 2 Basic Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 2 Electrical and Wireless School RAF
  • No. 2 Grading School RAF
  • No. 2 Marine Observers School RAF
  • No. 2 Observers School RAF
  • No. 2 Officers Advanced Training School RAF
  • No. 2 School of Administration Training
  • No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting RAF
  • No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF
  • No. 2 School of Army Co-operation RAF
  • No. 2 School of General Reconnaissance RAF
  • No. 2 Torpedo Refresher School RAF
  • No. 2 Wireless School RAF
  • No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Air Navigation School RAF
  • No. 29 Elementary Navigation and Air Gunnery School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF
  • No. 3 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
  • No. 3 Electrical and Wireless School RAF
  • No. 3 Parachute Training School RAF
  • No. 3 Radio Direction Finding School RAF
  • No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance RAF
  • No. 4 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
  • No. 4 Parachute Training School RAF
  • No. 44 Training School RAF
  • No. 50 Initial Training School RAF
  • No. 93 Group Screened Pilots School RAF
  • Administrative Apprentice Training School
  • Advanced Air Firing School
  • Advanced Bombing and Gunnery School (Middle East)
  • Advanced Training School
  • Aerial Erector School RAF
  • Aerial Fighting and Gunnery School
  • Aerial Fighting School, Heliopolis
  • Air Armament School
  • Air Electronics and Air Engineers School
  • Air Electronics School
  • Air Electronics, Engineer and Loadmaster School
  • Air Fighting School (Middle East)
  • Air Landing School
  • Air Navigation and Bombing School
  • Air Navigation School, India
  • Air Navigation School
  • Air Observation Post School
  • Air Observers School, North Coates
  • Air Pilotage School
  • Airborne Interception School
  • Airborne Interception/Air-to-Surface Vessel School
  • Aircraft Direction School
  • Aircrew Officers Training School
  • Airfield Controllers School
  • All-Weather Fighter Leaders School
  • Anti U-Boat Devices School
  • Armament and gunnery School
  • Army Co-operation School
  • Artillery and Infantry Co-operation School
  • Artillery Observation School, Egypt
  • Artillery Observation School
  • Belgian Training School
  • Blind Approach School
  • Bomber Command Bombing School
  • Central Air Traffic Control School
  • Central Gunnery School (Middle East)
  • Central Gunnery School
  • Central Landing School
  • Central Navigation and Control School
  • Central Navigation School
  • Central Squadron and Flight Commanders School
  • Chinese Air Force Cadet School
  • Coastal Command Anti U-Boat Devices School
  • Coastal Command Flying Instructors School
  • Coastal Command Gunnery School
  • Coastal Command Instructors School
  • Coastal Command Landplane Pilots Pool - See No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
  • Coastal Command Tactical Development Unit
  • Coastal Defence Development Unit
  • Control and Reporting School
  • Day and Night Bombing Observation School
  • Electrical and Wireless School
  • Empire Air Armament School
  • Empire Air Navigation School
  • Empire Central Flying School
  • Empire Radio School
  • Empire Test Pilots School
  • Fighter Command Control and Reporting School
  • Fighter Leaders School
  • Fighter Weapons School
  • Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery
  • Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery
  • Franco-Belgium Air Training School
  • General Reconnaissance and Air Navigation School (India)
  • General Reconnaissance School
  • Grand Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery
  • Ground Defence Gunners School
  • India Detachment, Chinese Air Force Cadet School
  • Light Aircraft School
  • Machine Gun School
  • Marine Observers School, Aldeburgh
  • Marine Observers School, Leysdown
  • Navigation School
  • Navigation Training School
  • NCO Training School
  • Observers School of Reconnaissance and Aerial Photography
  • Officers Advanced Training School
  • Parachute Training Centre
  • Parachute Training School (India)
  • Pilots and Observers Aerial Gunnery and Aerial Fighting School
  • Rhodesian Central Flying School
  • Royal Air Force (Belgian) Training School
  • Royal Air Force (Middle East) Central Gunnery School
  • Royal Air Force (Middle East) Gunnery School
  • Royal Air Force and Army Co-operation School
  • Royal Air Force and Navy Co-operation School
  • Royal Air Force School of Army Co-operation
  • Royal Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
  • Royal Air Force School of Catering
  • Royal Air Force School, India
  • Royal Naval Air Service Gunnery School
  • School for Anti-Submarine Inshore Patrol Observers
  • School for Marine Operational Pilots
  • School for Wireless Operators
  • School of Aerial Co-operation with Coastal Artillery
  • School of Aerial Fighting (Canada)
  • School of Aerial Fighting and Bomb Dropping
  • School of Aerial Fighting, Heliopolis
  • School of Aerial Gunnery and Bombing
  • School of Aerial Gunnery, (Canada)
  • School of Aerial Gunnery, Aboukir
  • School of Aerial Gunnery, Hythe
  • School of Aerial Gunnery, Loch Doon
  • School of Aerial Gunnery, Marske
  • School of Aerial Gunnery, New Romney
  • School of Aerial Gunnery, Turnberry
  • School of Aerial Navigation
  • School of Air Navigation
  • School of Air Pilotage
  • School of Air Sea Rescue
  • School of Air Support
  • School of Air Traffic Control
  • School of Air Transport
  • School of Army Co-operation
  • School of Artillery Co-operation (Canada)
  • School of Aviation Medicine
  • School of Control and Reporting
  • School of Fighter Control
  • School of General Reconnaissance
  • School of Land/Air Warfare
  • School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation
  • School of Naval Co-operation
  • School of Photography, Maps and Reconnaissance
  • School of Photography
  • Secretarial Branch Training School
  • Specialised Low Attack Instructors School (India)
  • Specialised Low Attack Instructors School
  • Staff Navigators School (Middle East)
  • Strike Command Bombing School
  • Temporary Air Observer's School
  • Test Pilots School
  • The Officers Advanced Training School
  • Torpedo Aeroplane School
  • Torpedo Bombing School
  • Torpedo Maintenance School
  • Torpedo Training School
  • Wireless and Observers School
  • Wireless School, Brooklands
  • Wireless School, Egypt
  • Wireless School
  • Wireless Telephony School
  • WRAF Clerical Trades Training School

Flying training schools

To train pilots for the Royal Air Force, there have been many flying training schools, which are listed here.

Numbered schools

British Flying Training School
Central Flying School
Advanced Flying School
Basic Flying Training School
  • No. 1 Basic Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 2 Basic Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 3 Basic Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 4 Basic Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 5 Basic Flying Training School RAF
(Basic) Flying Training School
(Advanced) Flying Training School
Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School
  • No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 2 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 5 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 6 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 7 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 8 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 9 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 10 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 11 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 12 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 13 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 14 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 15 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 16 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 17 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 18 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 19 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 21 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 22 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 24 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 25 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 26 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 27 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 29 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 30 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 31 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 32 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 33 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 34 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 35 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 36 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 37 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 38 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 39 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 40 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 41 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 42 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 43 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 44 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 45 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 46 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 47 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 48 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 49 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 50 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 51 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 52 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 53 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 54 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 55 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 56 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 57 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 58 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 59 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
Elementary Flying Training School
  • No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School (India)
  • No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 18 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 21 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 23 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 25 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 25 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF
  • No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF
  • No. 27 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 27 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF
  • No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF
  • No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 29 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School (Kenya) RAF
  • No. 31 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 32 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 33 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 34 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF
  • No. 35 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF
  • No. 36 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF
Flying Instructors School
  • No. 1 Flying Instructors School RAF
  • No. 1 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF
  • No. 2 Flying Instructors School RAF
  • No. 2 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF
  • No. 3 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF
  • No. 4 Flying Instructors School RAF
  • No. 4 Flying Instructors School (Elementary) RAF
  • No. 4 Flying Instructors School (Supplementary) RAF
  • No. 5 Flying Instructors School RAF
  • No. 5 Flying Instructors School (Elementary) RAF
  • No. 5 Flying Instructors School (Supplementary) RAF
  • No. 6 Flying Instructors School RAF
  • No. 6 Flying Instructors School (Elementary) RAF
  • No. 6 Flying Instructors School (Supplementary) RAF
  • No. 7 Flying Instructors School RAF
  • No. 7 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF
  • No. 11 Flying Instructors School RAF
  • No. 10 Flying Instructors School (Elementary) RAF
  • No. 12 Flying Instructors School (Operational) RAF
  • No. 33 Flying Instructors School, Southern Rhodesia RAF
Flying Refresher School
Flying Training School
Refresher School
Reserve Flying School
  • No. 1 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 2 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 3 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 4 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 5 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 6 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 7 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 8 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 9 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 10 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 11 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 12 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 13 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 14 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 15 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 16 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 17 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 18 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 19 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 20 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 21 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 22 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 23 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 24 Reserve Flying School RAF
  • No. 25 Reserve Flying School RAF
School of Special Flying
  • No. 1 School of Special Flying RAF
  • No. 2 School of Special Flying RAF
Service Flying Training School

Other Schools

  • Advanced Flying School (India)
  • Central Flying School (India)
  • Central Flying School (Southern Rhodesia)
  • Chinese Elementary Flying Training School
  • Defence Helicopter Flying School
  • Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Kenya
  • Empire Flying School
  • Flying Boat Instructors School, El Khanka
  • Flying Instructors School (India)
  • Flying Instructors School, The Curragh
  • Flying Instructors School, Upavon
  • Flying Instructors Training School
  • Flying Refresher School
  • Instructors School
  • Joint Elementary Flying Training School
  • Midland Area Flying instructors School
  • Midland Area School of Special Flying
  • Netheravon Flying School
  • Northeastern Area Flying Instructors School
  • Northern Area Flying Instructors School
  • Northwestern Area Flying Instructors School
  • Refresher Flying Training School
  • Reserve Flying School, Brough
  • Reserve Flying School, Coventry
  • Reserve Flying School, Filton
  • Reserve Flying School, Hamble
  • Reserve Flying School, Renfrew
  • Reserve Flying School, Stag Lane
  • Royal Air Force College Service Flying Training School
  • Royal Navy Elementary Flying Training School
  • School of Refresher Flying
  • School of Special Flying (Canada)
  • School of Special Flying, Gosport
  • Southeastern Area Flying Instructors School
  • Southwestern Area Flying Instructors School

Gliding schools

As well as powered aircraft, the Royal Air Force has operated a large number of gliders both for military tasks and for Cadet training.

Regular Gliding Schools

  • No. 1 Elementary Gliding Training School RAF
  • No. 2 Elementary Gliding Training School RAF
  • No. 3 Elementary Gliding Training School RAF

Volunteer Gliding Schools

See also

References

Citations

    Bibliography

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